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The electrode of touch location sensing panel has the printing opacity conductor and is connected to the auxiliary conductor of said printing opacity conductor.
The application's a aspect is to provide a kind of touch location sensing panel.Said touch location sensing panel comprises a plurality of first electrodes, and said a plurality of first electrodes are arranged along first direction; In said first electrode at least one comprises: the printing opacity conductor, and it has first electric conductivity; With the auxiliary conductor that said printing opacity conductor is associated, it has second electric conductivity higher than said first electric conductivity; And electric conductivity at least one conducting bridge higher than said first electric conductivity, it is connected to said printing opacity conductor with said auxiliary conductor.
This touch location sensing panel further comprises a plurality of second electrodes, and it is arranged along the second direction that is different from said first direction, makes that said first and second electrode is overlapping.
In this touch location sensing panel, said second electrode is made up of transparent material.
In this touch location sensing panel, said transparent material comprises ITO.
In this touch location sensing panel, said auxiliary conductor and said printing opacity free of conductors and be adjacent to said printing opacity conductor.
In this touch location sensing panel, between said auxiliary conductor and said printing opacity conductor, a plurality of conducting bridges are provided.
In this touch location sensing panel, said auxiliary conductor is made up of opaque material.
In this touch location sensing panel, said printing opacity conductor comprises ITO.
The application provides a kind of touch-sensing device on the other hand.Said touch-sensing device comprises:
Touch location sensing panel, it comprises:
A plurality of first electrodes, it arranges that along first direction at least one in said first electrode comprises:
The printing opacity conductor, it has first electric conductivity;
With the auxiliary conductor that said printing opacity conductor is associated, it has second electric conductivity higher than said first electric conductivity; And
At least one conducting bridge that electric conductivity is higher than said first electric conductivity, it is connected to said printing opacity conductor with said auxiliary conductor; And
A plurality of second electrodes, it is arranged along the second direction that is different from said first direction, makes said first and second electrode overlapping at the node place of said panel;
Keypad, it is arranged in said touch location sensing panel top and has a plurality of keys; And
Light source, it is used to launch towards said keypad and passes the light of said touch location sensing panel, and at least one key of said keypad has the clear area to allow passing said key from the light on the said key of being incident in of said light source.
In this touch-sensing device, said second electrode is made up of transparent material.
In this touch-sensing device, said transparent material comprises ITO.
In this touch-sensing device, said auxiliary conductor and said printing opacity free of conductors and be adjacent to said printing opacity conductor.
In this touch-sensing device, said auxiliary conductor comprises opaque material.
In this touch-sensing device, said printing opacity conductor comprises ITO.
The application's one side again provides a kind of touch location sensing panel.Said touch location sensing panel comprises a plurality of sensing electrodes, and said a plurality of sensing electrodes arrange that along first direction at least one in the said sensing electrode comprises: the printing opacity conductor, and it has first electric conductivity; With the auxiliary conductor that said printing opacity conductor is associated, it has second electric conductivity higher than said first electric conductivity; And electric conductivity at least one conducting bridge higher than said first electric conductivity, it is connected to said printing opacity conductor with said auxiliary conductor.
This touch location sensing panel further comprises a plurality of drive electrodes, and it is arranged along the second direction that is different from said first direction, makes that said sensing and drive electrode are overlapping.
In this touch location sensing panel, said drive electrode is made up of transparent material.
In this touch location sensing panel, said transparent material comprises ITO.
In this touch location sensing panel, said auxiliary conductor and said printing opacity free of conductors and be adjacent to said printing opacity conductor.
In this touch location sensing panel, said auxiliary conductor is made up of opaque material.
In this touch location sensing panel, said printing opacity conductor comprises ITO.
The application's one side again provides a kind of touch location sensing panel.Said touch location sensing panel comprises a plurality of first electrodes, and it is arranged along first direction; In said first electrode at least one comprises: the printing opacity conductor, and it has along the length of said first direction and has first electric conductivity; And the auxiliary conductor that is associated with said printing opacity conductor, it has along the length of said first direction and has second electric conductivity higher than said first electric conductivity.Wherein said auxiliary conductor extends to the far-end nearer point of the said near-end of distance than the said printing opacity conductor of distance continuously from the near-end of said printing opacity conductor, and said auxiliary conductor is connected to said printing opacity conductor at least one the some place along the said length of said auxiliary conductor and said printing opacity conductor.
In this touch location sensing panel, said auxiliary conductor is connected to said printing opacity conductor via connecting bridge.
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In following detailed description, set forth numerous specific detail by way of example to explain the relevant teachings content.Fuzzy for fear of the aspect that unnecessarily makes teaching content of the present invention, the well-known method of those skilled in the art, program, assembly or circuit have been described on high relatively aspect.
Now in detail with reference to instance illustrated in the accompanying drawing and that hereinafter is discussed.
Thedrive electrode 103 of Fig. 1 graphic extension capacitive touchlocation sensing panel 100 and the exemplary arrangements of sensing electrode 101.Can form the capacitive sensing passage atcapacitive couplings node 109 places of the partial zones that is arranged in the place that overlaps each other arounddrive electrode 103 and sensing electrode 101.Connectingline 105 and connectingline 107 can be connected respectively to one or more driver elements, sensing cell and/or the control module of not showing withsensing electrode 101 anddrive electrode 103.
Drive electrode 103 can be formed by the transparent conductive material (for example ITO) of solid area.In some instances,drive electrode 103 is the form of ITO band.Can make that gap between thecontiguous drive electrode 103 is narrow as far as possible avoids moving by underlie light source or display (the forexample light source 311 shown in Fig. 3 A or Fig. 3 B) or by machinery the ability of the The noise that causes to strengthendrive electrode 103 shielding sensing electrodes 101.In some instances, the gap that is close between the drive electrode can be not more than 200 microns.For instance, the gap among Fig. 1 can be from 10 microns to 30 microns.
Among Fig. 2 with thesensing electrode 101 of isolation method graphic extension Fig. 1.Eachsensing electrode 101 can haveprinting opacity conductor 201 and be adjacent toprinting opacity conductor 201 and theauxiliary conductor 203 of layout.In the instance shown in Fig. 2,auxiliary conductor 203 is adjacent toprinting opacity conductor 201 and arranges, and printingopacity conductor 201 andauxiliary conductor 203 be for separating, but connects at far-end 209 places.Said electrode can further have one or more extra conductingbridges 205 along the length of sensing electrode 101.Each bridge forms being electrically connected betweenprinting opacity conductor 201 and the auxiliary conductor 203.Auxiliary conductor 203 can be continuous along at least a portion of the length ofprinting opacity conductor 201.
Printing opacity conductor 201 has the electric conductivity lower than auxiliary conductor 203.The relative low electric conductivity ofprinting opacity conductor 201 can be that material by relative low electric conductivity forms and produces by printing opacity conductor 201.In other instance, it is becauseprinting opacity conductor 201 can cause the pattern (pattern that for example has narrow high resistivity line) of relative high resistivity to form thatprinting opacity conductor 201 has low relative electric conductivity.
In the instance of Fig. 2,printing opacity conductor 201 can be formed by transparent conductive material (for example ITO).Other suitable transparent conductive material comprises (for instance) CNT and organic conductive material.Exemplary organic conductive material comprises organic conducting polymer, for example gathers (stretching ethyl dioxy base thiophene) (PEDOT).Thecircumference 201p delimited area A of printing opacity conductor 201.Transparent conductive material can cover whole in fact regional A to form the solid transparent block of conductive material.The width of each transparent conductive material piece can be depending on the application of location sensing panel.In some instances, said can have the width in the scope of 1.5mm at about 0.3mm independently of one another.
In another example,printing opacity conductor 201 can be formed by opaque conductive material (for example conducting metal), and wherein said opaque conducting metal is through sizing and the gap of patterning in regional A, to provide the light transmissive to pass.For instance, said opaque conductive material can form the pattern of the grid that for example is patterned to thin conductor wire.For instance, said line can be 10 microns wide.In another example, said line can be 5 microns wide.Exemplary range is 3 microns to 10 microns.Narrower line can reduce its observability for naked eyes.
Through forming sensingelectrode 101 by opaque thin conductor wire, but sensingelectrode 101 overlay area A be not more than 10%.The restriction sensing electrode allows the good transparency of location sensing panel to the coverage of regional A.
Auxiliary conductor 203 and conductingbridge 205 can be processed by any conductive material that is suitable for providing relative high conductivity (for example metal).Suitable metal comprises copper, silver, gold, aluminium and tin.Yet, also can other metal that be adapted at using in the conducting wiring be used forauxiliary conductor 203 and conducting bridge 205.In some instances,auxiliary conductor 203 and conductingbridge 205 can be formed by same material.Auxiliary conductor 203 and conductingbridge 205 also can form in same patterning step.
Depend on desired electric conductivity and employed metal, the thickness of the thickness ofauxiliary conductor 203 or conductingbridge 205 can be from 50 microns to 250 microns scope, and this is visible for human eye.
In some instances, conductingbridge 205 forms being electrically connected betweenauxiliary conductors 203 and the printing opacity conductor 201.Conductingbridge 205 can be only at the circumference place ofprinting opacity conductor 201 contact printing opacity conductor 201.Yet in the instance of Fig. 2, each in the conductingbridge 205 extends among the regional A that thecircumference 201p byprinting opacity conductor 201 defines.In some instances, only a conductingbridge 205 can contact printing opacity conductor 201.Yet in illustrated instance, an above conductingbridge 205 can contact eachprinting opacity conductor 201.
In the instance of Fig. 2,printing opacity conductor 201 has near-end 207 and the far-end 209 that is connected to connecting line 105.Can rule along the length ofprinting opacity conductor 201 andauxiliary conductor 203 conductingbridge 205 be provided at interval, and can conducting bridge be provided at far-end 209 places.In another example, onlyconnection bridge 205 can be provided, and the position of this bridge can on the printing opacity conductor away to the some place of the tie point of connectingline 105 or near.In other instance, at least one conductingbridge 205 can apart from far-end 209 than the some place nearer apart from near-end 207.
Between the point on theprinting opacity conductor 201 and connectingline 105, comparing with the resistance ofauxiliary conductor 203 or conductingbridge 205 along the resistance of the conductive path ofprinting opacity conductor 201 can be high relatively, especially near the some place far-end 209.The existence of at least one conductingbridge 205 andauxiliary conductor 203 is provided to having than only along the conductive path of the low resistance in the path ofprinting opacity conductor 201 of connectingline 105.
Thedrive electrode 303 of Fig. 3 A and the exemplary touch location sensing of Fig. 3 B graphic extension panel and the exemplary arrangements of sensing electrode 301.Among both,sensing electrode 301 can haveprinting opacity conductor 310 andauxiliary electrode 304 at Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B.Printing opacity conductor 310 can be electrically connected via conductingbridge 306 withauxiliary electrode 304.
With reference to figure 3A, sensingelectrode 301 can be provided on the bottom or upper face ofsubstrate 309, and driveelectrode 303 can be provided on the top or lower surface of another substrate 307.Sensing electrode 301 can be separated by one deck non-conducting material 305 (for example contact adhesive) with drive electrode 303.In this example,drive electrode 303 andsensing electrode 301 are towards each other.
Fig. 3 A also show one in thesensing electrode 301 therein conductingbridge 306 be electrically connected the stretch-out view of xsect of a part at the some place ofauxiliary electrodes 304 and printing opacity conductor 310.As can find out thatauxiliary electrode 304 separates withprinting opacity conductor 310 with theauxiliary electrode 203 and the mode ofprinting opacity conductor 201 that are similar among Fig. 2.
Light source 311 (for example display or backlight) can be through arranging so that light towards the user and the location sensing panel is passed in transmission.
During illustrated another arranged in Fig. 3 B, sensingelectrode 301 can be formed on the apparent surface ofsame substrate 313 with drive electrode 303.In this example, sensingelectrode 301 is on the upper face ofsubstrate 313, and driveelectrode 303 is on the lower surface relative with upper face of substrate 313.The same with Fig. 3 A, light source 311 (for example display or backlight) can be through arranging so that light towards the user and the location sensing panel is passed in transmission.Transparent cover plate 317 can separate withsensing electrode 301 through pressure sensitiveadhesive layer 315.
Fig. 3 B show one in thesensing electrode 301 therein conductingbridge 306 be electrically connected the stretch-out view of xsect of a part at the some place ofauxiliary electrodes 304 and printing opacity conductor 310.The same with Fig. 3 A,auxiliary electrode 304 separates withprinting opacity conductor 310, and conductingbridge 306 is connected toprinting opacity conductor 310 withauxiliary electrode 304.
But substrate 307,309,313 andcover plate 317 each free transparent non-conductive material (for example glass or plastics) form.Plastic and cover plate are suitable for providing the flexibility of location sensing panel.The instance that is fit to the plastic material comprises (but being not limited to) polyethylene terephthalate (PET), PEN (PEN) or polycarbonate (PC).The instance that is used for the suitable plastic material oftransparent cover plate 317 comprises (but being not limited to) polycarbonate and gathers (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA).
As shown in Figure 4, can providekeypad 400 to makeindivedual keys 401 to be arranged in above the location sensing panel of Fig. 1 to touch above thequick node.Keypad 400 can be formed by plastic material, and can be formed by rigidity and/or flexible plastic material.Flexible keypad can be used with flexible location sensing panel.
Fig. 4 graphic extension overlies some keys in the key 401 of thekeypad 400 on the location sensing panel of Fig. 1.At least a portion of each key 401 is transparent, passes said location sensing panel and passes key 401 so that be positioned the light transmissive of the backlight emission of location sensing panel back from (for instance).In this example, each key 401 can be opaque, except thetransparent character 409 on each key.Whencharacter 409 was passed in transmittance,character 409 was visible under the low environment lighting condition.
In this example,auxiliary conductor 203 and conductingbridge 205 can be formed by opaque conductive material.Each key 401 can be arranged inprinting opacity conductor 201 tops make transmission pass sensor and the light of transparent part that passes key not by opaqueauxiliary conductor 203 or do not stopped fully or partly by opaque conducting bridge 205.In some instances,auxiliary conductor 203 and conductingbridge 205 can have from 50 microns to 250 microns thickness, and this is thick in being visible for human eye for enough.The opacity thatauxiliary conductor 203 and conductingbridge 205 can be arranged inkeypad 400 make at the back the opaque element of location sensing panel for the user ofkeypad 400 for sightless.
In this example, paired 403 ground of sensing electrode 101 (each hasprinting opacity conductor 201 and reaches the opaqueauxiliary conductor 203 that joinsprinting opacity conductor 201 via conductingbridge 205 to) are arranged.Each key 401 occupieskey range 405 that can not have the opaque material inauxiliary conductor 203 or the conductingbridge 205 in fact.In this arranges, not hindered by the opaque material in conductor and the bridge from the light emission of inkey range 405, passing the location sensing panel backlight.In other embodiments, opaqueauxiliary conductor 203 or conductingbridge 205 can be present in one or more key ranges 405 but not be present in light and will launch in the zone of passing the zone of for example being defined by transparentkey characters 409 towards the user.
Each key range twosensing electrodes 101 of 405 extensible leaps and two driveelectrodes 103 in the instance shown in Fig. 4.Can understand, thesensing electrode 101 of any number and driveelectrode 103 can formsingle sense zone 405, and the number ofdrive electrode 103 andsensing electrode 101 may not be similar in thekey range 409.
In other was arranged, display can make up with the location sensing panel.Passing the location sensing panel from the light of display emission can be visible.
Auxiliary conductor 203 can be formed by transparent conductive material.Auxiliary conductor 203 also can be by forming with the opaque conductive material that allows transmittance to pass the zone ofauxiliary conductor 203 through sizing and patterning.The electric conductivity of the also comparableprinting opacity conductor 201 of the electric conductivity ofauxiliary conductor 203 is high.
Display can be all kinds, for instance, and liquid crystal, active matrix liquid crystal, electroluminescence, electrophoresis, plasma, cathode-ray tube, organic light emitting apparatus (OLED) etc.From the light of display emission pass the location sensing panel in case for the beholder of display for visible.
The technology of the location sensing panel of any one in the shop drawings 1 to Fig. 4 in the illustrated type can comprise the patterning of electrode.Make sensing electrodes 301 withprinting opacity conductor 310,auxiliary conductor 304 and conductingbridge 306 on the surface of the suitable substrate ofsubstrate 309 that for instance, can be in Fig. 3 A for example or the upper face of thesubstrate 313 among Fig. 3 B.
The technology of the location sensing panel of any one in the shop drawings 1 to Fig. 4 in the illustrated type also can be included on the surface of substrate carries out patterning to drive electrode (for example ITO drive electrode).For instance, can on the surface ofsubstrate 307, carry out patterning, as illustrated among Fig. 3 A to drive electrode 303.In other instance, can on the lower surface relative ofsubstrate 313, carry out patterning, as illustrated among Fig. 3 B to driveelectrode 303 with upper face.
Technology by the printing opacity conductor of ITO patterning drive electrode or sensing electrode can comprise: deposition positivity or negative resist above the not patterned ITO on the substrate; Mask via suitable pattern is exposed to UV light with photoresist; Through washing off with solvent said resist is developed without the resist that exposes; And use suitable etchant etching to fall ITO zone through exposing.Can remove photoresist through using suitable solvent through exposing.The instance of the suitable etching liquid that confession is used when removing through the ITO that exposes is etching acid.The instance that is used for the suitable solvent of photoresist comprises organic solvent.Can use other suitable positivity and negative photoresist, etching liquid and photoresist to remove liquid.
In other instance, can the ITO sputter be deposited ITO to substrate and on said substrate through using shadow mask, said mask has the pattern that is suitable for forming with the shape that is suitable as electrode electrode.
The electrically conducting transparent organic material that can use PEDOT for example is to form the printing opacity conductor of drive electrode or sensing electrode through for example serigraphy or ink jet printing or etched typography.
The technology of patterning auxiliary conductor and conducting bridge can comprise through carrying out vapor deposition via the mask that is suitable pattern and comes sedimentary facies to high conductivity material above sensing electrode, for example metal.If the printing opacity conductor of sensing electrode will use the opaque conductive material of lattice, can form said printing opacity conductor through similarly handling so with auxiliary conductor and conducting bridge.
In some instances, but can form auxiliary conductor and conducting bridge with the typography that forms the sensing electrode pattern through printing printing conductive material or conductive material precursor wherein.Use therein under the situation of precursor printing ink, said technology can relate to handles precursor printing ink to convert said printing ink to conductive material, for example passes through electroless plating.Exemplary printing process comprises ink jet printing and serigraphy.In other instance; Available catalysis photosensitive ink is coated substrate equably; Can said printing ink be exposed to UV light or can its vector be exposed to the UV light from laser instrument or other suitable light source via photomask, and it cleaned to wash off without the printing ink that exposes with solvent.Can residual ink be immersed in the metal-plated bath to form auxiliary electrode and conducting bridge and possibly form a pattern.If the printing opacity conductor uses the lattice of opaque conductive material, so can be through forming the printing opacity conductor of sensing electrode with auxiliary conductor and the similar technology of conducting bridge.
The gap of any size can be provided between auxiliary conductor and printing opacity conductor.At least the unexpected overlapping of during printing auxiliary conductor and printing opacity conductor can be avoided in the gap of 0.25mm.
Conducting bridge can be patterned so that the only circumference of contact euphotic electrode.In other instance of the for example instance shown in Fig. 2, conductingbridge 205 may extend in the zone of euphotic electrode 201.Conducting bridge can not be electrically connected to the risk of euphotic electrode after this can be reduced in and print.
Can be formed for sensing electrode is connected to the connecting line of the control module of location sensing panel with formation auxiliary conductor or the similar technology of conducting bridge.
In another example, can at first on substrate, form auxiliary conductor and conducting bridge, use one in the described method of preceding text to form the printing opacity conductor afterwards.
Though preceding text provide some exemplary processes that are used to form drive electrode and sensing electrode, will understand, the disclosure that any suitable mode that forms these electrodes can combine among this paper and provided is used.
The described touch position sensor of preceding text can be attached to numerous electronic installations, for example computing machine, personal digital assistant, Satellite Navigation Set, mobile phone, portable electronic device, portable game console, public information booth, point of sales system etc.Any one comprised central processing unit in these electronic installations or be used for other treating apparatus, the internal communication bus of execution of program instructions, the various types of storeies that are used for code and data storage or medium (for example RAM, ROM, EEPROM, cache memory, disc driver etc.) and be used for communication objective one or more NICs or port.
Can make various modifications to the instance described in the preamble, and can in numerous application, use any relevant teachings content, describe only some application in the said application among this paper.Above claims plan to advocate to belong to interior any and all application, modification and the variation of true scope of teaching content of the present invention.For instance; Though the case description that is provided among this paper has the sensing electrode of printing opacity conductor, auxiliary conductor and one or more conducting bridges; Can have printing opacity conductor, auxiliary conductor and one or more conducting bridges equally but will understand drive electrode, and the drive electrode of touch sensitive panel or sensing electrode can have printing opacity conductor, auxiliary conductor and one or more conducting bridges.In other instance, auxiliary conductor can be embedded in the transparency electrode with conducting bridge.